Social and Economic Research
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Investigating the Effects of Single-Dose Intranasal Testosterone on Economic Preferences in a Large Randomized Trial of Men
Anna Dreber,
Taisuke Imai,
et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS),
Volume:122
Number:39
p.e2508519122-
Sep 23, 2025
Migration and Sources of Discrimination in a Social Context: Experimental Evidence from 15 Latin American Countries
Carlos Gomez-Gonzalez,
Gwen-Jirō Clochard,
Helmut Dietl,
Juan Cruz Duhalde
Journal of Development Economics,
Sep 19, 2025
Experimental Evaluation of Random Incentive System under Ambiguity
Tomohito Aoyama,
Nobuyuki Hanaki
Journal of Political Economy: Microeconomics,
forthcoming
Bargaining Under Liquidity Constraints: Experimental Evidence.
Duffy John,
Lucie Lebeau,
Daniela Puzzello
Journal of Economic Theory,
Volume:228
Sep 1, 2025
Liquidity Constraints and Buffer Stock Savings: Theory and Experimental Evidence.
Duffy John,
Andreas Orland
International Economic Review,
Volume:66
Number:3
p.1153-1174
Jun 13, 2025
International Economic Review
In collaboration with the University of Pennsylvania (USA), we edit and publish the International Economic Review (IER).
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News

Nov 17th, 2025
"Bringing contact interventions to the lab: Effects of brief bilateral discussions on interethnic trust in Senegal", Assistant Professor Gwen-Jirō Clochard (with Guillaume Hollard, Omar Sene) has been accepted for publication in World development.
Nov 4th, 2025
Professor Seung Han Yoo (Korea University) is visiting us from Nov 4, 2025 to Nov 11, 2025.
Oct 24th, 2025
One Job Opening: Application deadline is December 1st, 2025（JST）. Click here for more information.
Oct 15th, 2025
Professor John Duffy (University of California, Irvine) is visiting us from Oct 15, 2025 to Nov 15, 2025.
Oct 14th, 2025
M.S. student Jonghyun Park (Seoul National University) is visiting us from Oct 14, 2025 to Nov 14, 2025.
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Upcoming Event

12/1
The 28th Moriguchi Prize
12/2
Etienne Farvaque
University of Lille
ISER Seminar
More ambiguity, more sincere voting? Evidence on the neglected role of primary elections (with Giuseppe Attanasi, Yoichi Hizen, Yoshio Kamijo and Maria Luigia Signore)
10:30 ~ 12:00 (A509)
12/5
Ryo Okui
The University of Tokyo
Virtual Asian Meeting of Behavioral and Experimental Research
Can information alleviate overconfidence? A randomized experiment on financial market predictions
10:30 ~ 12:00 (Online)
12/8
Kota Saito
California Institute of Technology
ISER Seminar
"Random utility model with aggregation" and "Random utility model with unobservable alternatives"
13:30 ~ 15:00 (A301)
12/8
David Weil
Brown University
Seminar in Macroeconomics
See the title and subscribe to the Google Calendar at this URL.
08:45 ~ 10:15 (Online)
12/15
Dennie van Dolder
University of Exeter
ISER Seminar
TBA
13:30 ~ 15:00 (A301)
12/22
Kohei Kawaguchi
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
ISER Seminar
TBA
13:30 ~ 15:00 (A301)
12/23
Erte Xiao
Monash University
ISER Seminar
TBA
10:30 ~ 12:00 (A509)
1/13
Akira Ishide
The University of Tokyo
Seminar in Macroeconomics
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16:00 ~ 17:30 (Hybrid)
1/16
Alexander Coutts
Schulich School of Business(Assistant Professor)
Virtual Asian Meeting of Behavioral and Experimental Research
TBA
10:30 ~ 12:00 (Online)
1/30
JeongYeol Kim
KDI School of Public Policy and Management( Assistant Professor)
Virtual Asian Meeting of Behavioral and Experimental Research
TBA
10:30 ~ 12:00 (Online)
2/13
Tse-Min Wang
National Taipei University
Virtual Asian Meeting of Behavioral and Experimental Research
TBA
10:30 ~ 12:00 (Online)
2/16
Colin F. Camerer - Caltech
Klein Lecture
By
University of Pennsylvania / ISER, The University of Osaka
4/13
Hidenori Takahashi
Kyoto University
ISER Seminar
TBA
13:30 ~ 15:00 (A301)
4/17
Fuhai Hong
Lingnan University
Virtual Asian Meeting of Behavioral and Experimental Research
TBA
10:30 ~ 12:00 (Online)
6/1
Tim Ruberg
The University of Tokyo
ISER Seminar
TBA
13:30 ~ 15:00 (A301)
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Research Highlights

Investigating the Effects of Single-Dose Intranasal Testosterone on Economic Preferences in a Large Randomized Trial of Men
Anna Dreber,
Taisuke Imai,
et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS),
Volume:122
Number:39
p.e2508519122-
Sep 23, 2025
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2508519122
Migration and Sources of Discrimination in a Social Context: Experimental Evidence from 15 Latin American Countries
Carlos Gomez-Gonzalez,
Gwen-Jirō Clochard,
Helmut Dietl,
Juan Cruz Duhalde
Journal of Development Economics,
Sep 19, 2025
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2025.103633
Experimental Evaluation of Random Incentive System under Ambiguity
Tomohito Aoyama,
Nobuyuki Hanaki
Journal of Political Economy: Microeconomics,
forthcoming
Bargaining Under Liquidity Constraints: Experimental Evidence.
Duffy John,
Lucie Lebeau,
Daniela Puzzello
Journal of Economic Theory,
Volume:228
Sep 1, 2025
DOI: 10.1016/j.jet.2025.106035
Liquidity Constraints and Buffer Stock Savings: Theory and Experimental Evidence.
Duffy John,
Andreas Orland
International Economic Review,
Volume:66
Number:3
p.1153-1174
Jun 13, 2025
DOI: 10.1111/iere.12784
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